re: How do you deal with the death of your parents?

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I never really gave them much shite. My dad (retired) will call me every day and wanna sit on the phone for 45 minutes telling me exactly what happened from the time he woke up till whenever without me letting a word in. It gets old, but I'm smart enough to know one day when he's gone I'm gonna be wishing 'pops' is lighting up on my phone as an incoming call. My mom health wise is worse off than him. If she happens to go first. My mind can't even fathom the pain he will feel.

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My mother passed away last Sept. It's hard watching them age because you know that their time is short. Dad and mom were married 67 years. Mom was still the light in my dad's eyes after all those years together. Although we all miss her very much, and every day, my dad is a shell of his former self. It's like he went from doing all the normal daily things he did to just sitting in grief and not doing much of anything. It's really hard to watch. It's like he's lost the will to live, and is just waiting to die. It's really tough to know that your parents who have been there every day of your life will be gone forever. It's only been 4 months for us but it feels like part of my heart is gone. Every minute of every day it feels like something in me is missing.